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IRONING BOARD.

No. 582,129. Patented May 4, 1897.

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STATES REESE (J. A. JONES, OF HILLSBOROUGI-I, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OFONE-IIALF TO JAMES P. BROWVN, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 582,129, dated May 4,1897.

Application fil d October 14, 1896. Serial No. 608,837. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REESE O. A. JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hillsborough, in the county of Montgomery and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful IroningBoard, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing-boards, and more particularly to suchas are specially designed for shirt-bosoms, and aims to provide acombined bosom board and stretcher which will hold a shirt-bosom undertension during the ironing process.

The invention consists in combining with a bosom-board a leaf orbutt-section hinged. or pivoted thereto, the meeting ends being beveled,and the said leaf having a transverse groove in its upper side withundercut edges, the inner edge being at a greater incline than the outeredge, and a key or clamping-strip to be fitted into the transversegroove and having its edges inclined to approximately conform to theinclined edges of the said groove.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription. y

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the.

advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention anadaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bosomboard, showing a shirt inposition thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the leaf tilted asit will appear when attaching the skirt of a shirt thereto. Fig. 3 is aview similar to Fig. 2, showing the leaf in alinement with the board,the manner of applying the key or lock-strip, and omitting the plate orbar, and having an edge portion broken away to show the relation of thehinge. Fig. 4 is an end view of the leaf or butt-section, to show moreclearly the difference of inclination between the inner edges of the keyand its groove, the key and groove being on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference-characters.

The bosom-board is oblong in form and has an extension 1 at one end topass through the neck of the shirt to be iron ed, so as to retain thegarment in place during the ironing operation, and the opposite end ofthe bosom-board 2 is cut straight across and beveled, as shown at 3, anda leaf or butt-section 4 is hinged or pivoted thereto, and the endadjacent to the beveled end 3 is of corresponding inclination andmatches therewith and engages with the table or support upon which thebosom-board is placed, so as to retain the leaf in alinement with thebosom-board against the tension of the shirt when the latter is inposition.

A groove or channel 5 is formed transversely in the face of the leaf 4,and the edges are undercut and of unequal inclination, the inner edge 6being inclined more than the outer edge 7, so as to secure the key orlock-strip 8 in place when fitted into the groove. The key or lock-stripis constructed to fit loosely in the groove 5, and its edges areinclined to approximately conform to the inclined edges 6 and .7 of thegroove, the inner or forward edge 9 being of greater inclination thanthe beveled edge 6, so as to admit of the rear edge of the lock-stripbeing tipped when it is desired to apply or remove it from its seat orgroove 5. This is shown most clearly in Fig. 3.

The shirt to be ironed is slipped upon the bosom-board and the extension1 of the latter enters the neck of the shirt and the leaf 4 is tilted,and the skirt of the shirt being drawn over the leaf the key orlock-strip is applied and depresses a portion of the skirt int-o thegroove 5, after which the leaf is turned so as to aline with thebosom-board,thereby stretching the bosom, as will be readily understood.Care should be observed so as not to tilt the leaf too much. Otherwisethe shirt will be torn when subjected to tension.

The precise location of the groove or channel 5 is immaterial to thesuccessful operation of the invention so long as it will serve inconjunction with the lock-strip 8 to secure the skirt of the shirt tothe leaf, and in some instances this groove or channel will be formeddirectly in the leaf, but it is preferred to provide it in a plate orbar 10, which in turn is secured in a transverse seat formed in theleaf. The lock-strip 8 maybe of Wood, metal or other material found mostadvantageous. In the event of a metal strip 10 being employed it will belocated so as to come flush with the side or portion of the leaf towhich it is applied. This strip 10 serves to strengthen the leaf andprevent Warping and a parting thereof in the event of cracking.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- Anironing-board having a beveled end, a leaf hinged to the beveled end ofthe ironing- REESE C. A. JONES.

lVitnesses:

WILLIAM ABBOT, EDWARD J. MILLER.

